bishopfox/sliver vs pocketbase/pocketbase
pocketbase/pocketbase shows stronger signals overall
As of June 2026, pocketbase shows healthier maintenance signals than sliver. pocketbase rates Healthy overall while sliver rates Mixed. sliver last saw a commit 1 month ago with 7+ active contributors, while pocketbase last saw a commit 1 month ago with 1+ active contributor. sliver is GPL-3.0-licensed while pocketbase is MIT-licensed. Neither has known critical or high-severity CVEs in its dependency tree.
Informational only. RepoPilot summarises public signals at the time of analysis. Not professional, security, or legal advice.
bishopfox/sliver →
Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting
copyleft license (GPL-3.0) — review compatibility; top contributor handles 91% of recent commits…
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 91% of recent commits
- ⚠GPL-3.0 is copyleft — check downstream compatibility
- ⚠No test directory detected
- ✓Last commit 4d ago
- ✓7 active contributors
- ✓GPL-3.0 licensed
- ✓CI configured
What would improve this?
- →Use as dependency Concerns → Mixed if: relicense under MIT/Apache-2.0 (rare for established libs)
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
pocketbase/pocketbase →
Healthy across all four use cases
Permissive license, no critical CVEs, actively maintained — safe to depend on.
Has a license, tests, and CI — clean foundation to fork and modify.
Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.
No critical CVEs, sane security posture — runnable as-is.
- ⚠Solo or near-solo (1 contributor active in recent commits)
- ✓Last commit 2d ago
- ✓MIT licensed
- ✓CI configured
- ✓Tests present
Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests
Signal-by-signal breakdown
| sliver | pocketbase | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 11,149 | 58,210 |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 1mo ago |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Open issues | 206 | 17 |
| Has tests | — | ✓ |
| Has CI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test coverage | 0% | 22% |
| Dependency CVEs | No CVEs | No CVEs |
| Architecture grade | — | — |
| Cycles | — | — |
| Bottom-line | Mixed signals | Healthy signals |
Want the full analysis? bishopfox/sliver · pocketbase/pocketbase
Ask AI about bishopfox/sliver vs pocketbase/pocketbase
Open the chat with a comparison question pre-filled.